[RonDog]

So what do YOU think?

Should we:

1 - FReep Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. for being "God-less" scum,
2 - Give them a pass for being "insensitive" money-grubbers, or
3 - Add this e-mail campaign to our collection of "Urban Legends?"

See also:
The UN - Godly Pledge of Allegiance ...
Posted on 2/8/02 1:46 AM Pacific by davidosborne

From: B. Lee Pemberton
To: Dr Pepper/7-UP Pres. Doug Tough
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:59 AM
Subject: Dr Pepper/7-UP's offensive commercials, and corruption of the Pledge of Allegiance

Dr Pepper/7-Up Inc.
5301 Legacy Drive
Plano, Tx 75024-3109
1.800-696-5891
e-mail: Consumer_relations@dpsu.com
Mr Doug Tough President

Mr Tough;
I recently observed a 7-UP commercial that I found to be both vulgar, obscene and offensive to Christians and other people of any moral persuasion: an actor is walking down a street, removing his clothes until finally he is wearing nothing but his undershorts. He removes the shorts and a crowd around him is depicted staring at him.

I have a question: is business so bad at Dr Pepper/7-UP that you must resort to filth peddling in order to make a buck? What on Earth is the connection between a fine product like 7-UP, and a pervert who takes off his clothes on a public street, and why would such a lascivious display make anyone want to run out and buy your products? Are you now touting 7-UP as the refreshment of choice for flashers and other sexual deviants who expose themselves to an unwilling audience?

And why was the phrase "under God" left out of the Pledge of Allegiance, on the new Dr Pepper can? What anti-God, anti-American heathen among your employees decided that Dr Pepper/7-UP had the right to re-write this patriotic anthem to exclude reference to the God Who caused America to become the greatest nation ever to grace the face of the Earth?

Do you honestly believe there are enough "politically-correct" Socialists and Marxists in America to keep your Company floating -after all the Christians, and other people with some measure of moral standards, stop purchasing your God-less, deviant products? You had better hope so!

Personally, I can assure you that none of your products will pollute my home or office for at least six months after you remove your prurient advertising and un-God-ly Pledge of Allegiance cans from the public view, and I will ask everyone I can contact to do likewise.

Most sincerely,
B. Lee Pemberton
Pastor

Church of the Lion of Judah
Post Office Box 1484
Sarasota, Fl 34230-1484
"Surfing for souls on the Internet!"

Dr. Pepper omits "under God" from Pledge to Flag
Posted on 2/1/02 9:16 AM Pacific by smokinleroy

I heard on the Darrel Ankarlo show on KLIF radio (Dallas/Fort Worth) this morning that some students in Iowa are launching a letter-writing campaign to protest the actions of Dallas based Dr. Pepper. It seems on a recently issued can with a patriotic theme including a picture of the statue of liberty that they printed the Pledge of Allegience to the Flag in which they omitted the phrase "under God". When inquired as to the reason, the company representative said that there was not enough room. Anyone else hear this story?

[RonDog]

"Under God" ping!

What say you?

[Pharmboy]

My G-d! I never drank that p*sswater anyway, but now I'll discourage anyone else from ever drinking it. Including all my kids.

They can't cite separation of church and soda, can they?

[steveo]

is a resoundingly patriotic, bipartisan message that we are a united nation.

So are you saying that if "under God" is mentioned it becomes a un-patriotic, partisan message? As in that the opposing party doesn't believe in God? We knew that already.

[VA Advogado]

I vote for #3. After seeing the can I have no problem with it. Your efforts are silly and wasted energy.

[Huck]

Hey RonDog! Looking at the can, and reading their explanation, I can see what they were shooting for. They probably wish they'd just said "United We Stand." Seems like that's what they meant, but they chose to express the idea with words from the Pledge. Had they put the whole quote, it would have taken up more space, and while it might have been considered a good message, maybe it wasn't what they wanted to emphasize. Personally, I'd give 'em a mulligan and not sweat it. But that's just me.

[Cicero]

I never had a Dr. Pepper in my life, and I'm not about to start now. But their response seems reasonable enough. They didn't put the whole pledge on the can and omit one phrase, "under God." They just used three words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible." That seems reasonable enough to me. I think the complaints were misleading. The Dr. Pepper folks may be villains, for all I know, but not for doing this.

[Charles Henrickson]

I think getting upset because Dr. Pepper had the words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible," and jumping to the conclusion that therefore they were deliberately omitting the words, "Under God"--I think that is stupid and silly. It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God." That would be a different matter entirely. Then I could see a reason for being upset. But as it is, I could only commend Dr. Pepper for a very patriotic display.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Dr. Pepper probably has a lock on the atheist soft drink market. They wouldn't want to offend their customer base.

[Recovering_Democrat]

After I saw this can, I don't have a problem with what Dr. Pepper did. I don't consider them anti-religion or anti-God. Now, if they had published all of the pledge except the words "under God", there would be an argument. But just to say we as a nation are "indivisible", I'm fine with that.

[sugar_puddin]

We at Dr Pepper/Seven Up strongly believe that the message on these cans is a resoundingly patriotic, bipartisan message that we are a united nation.

NO God = NO Dr. Pepper. We were Dr. Pepper drinkers too. My family is united under God, so it's Hastala Vista Dr. Pepper!

[Endeavor]

They left off 31 words, they chose 3 that are representative of our country. This is a non-issue, and yes, I am a Christian.

[The Real Deal]

It's OK, I don't have enough room in my life for any DP/7up. They don't need people like me any way? Right?????????????

[ARA]

"Church of the Loin of Judah" ? What is the "Loin of Judah"?

[roylene]

Dr. Pepper is sooooo disgusting I would not drink it anyway.

[over3Owithabrain]

Shame on the people here and elsewhere who cried wolf. Dr. Pepper did not recite the entire allegaince and blatantly leave out God. They just put a couple words on the can to show support of America. One should make sure they have the facts straight before posting inciteful statements - it severly hurts the cause they claim to represent.

[eno_]

They can do whatever they want to with their cans, but their response is clearly dishonest. Why should I drink anything made ina factory run by liars? Does not sound like a good idea.

[tubebender]

One good outcome of this Brouhaha might be that Madison Ave not be so flippant with their prose as per the anti gun Jeep ad.

[rwfromkansas]

Dr. Pepper is flat-out lying. Just by looking at the can design, they could fix the problem by making the statue of liberty a bit smaller so the torch could go far enough down to move the words all the way to the left of the design. God would fit in there. Also, they could simply make the font smaller. There are options if one really wanted to have God on that can.

[Hank Kerchief]

I recently observed a 7-UP commercial ... an actor is walking down a street, removing his clothes until finally he is wearing nothing but his undershorts. He removes the shorts and a crowd around him is depicted staring at him.

Most sincerely,
B. Lee Pemberton
Pastor

Why in the world would you be watching something like that, and watching it to the bitter end, Pastor? Why were you even watching TV. Did God have nothing better for you to do?

Hank

[MeekOneGOP]

Holy, UN-Cola, Batman! !